Wild Wheels

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Wild Wheels
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Developer(s) Red Rat Software
Publisher(s) Ocean Software
Release1991

Wild Wheels is a 1991 video game published by Ocean Software.

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Gameplay

Wild Wheels is a game in which two teams of five cars equipped for arena combat play a sport that involves moving a huge metal ball into an opponent's goal to score. [1]

Reception

Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Wild Wheels is a great arcade game with all of the pulse-pounding, joystick-jiggling, wrist-wrecking game play that a good 'computer sport' can generate." [1]

Brian Nesbitt for The One for ST Games would have liked more options for playing the sport, but concluded that "Wild Wheels isn't going to keep anyone glued to the screen for hours on end, but it is going to bring them back again and again for short blasts." [7]

Amiga Action felt that the game was not addictive and could not recommend it, but found the presentation to be average. [4]

CU Amiga liked the hybrid of car and football genres, but found its gameplay repetitive. [8]

Stuart Campbell for Amiga Power was disappointed and complained that "Mediocrity is an improvement on outright crapness, but it's still nothing to fork out hard-earned (or even not-very-hard-earned) money for." [6]

Amiga Format found the gameplay lacking and the challenge minimal. [5]

David Upchurch for ACE felt that players would keep interest in the game to find out about the features on the more expensive vehicles, but that "while these help, they still don't compensate for the lack of real skill or subtlety needed to succeed". [2]

Reviews

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References

  1. 1 2 Emrich, Alan (June 1992). "Men of (Twisted) Steel: Ocean's Wild Wheels Takes a Good Turn". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 95. pp. 96–97.
  2. 1 2 "Wild Wheels" . Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  3. "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". www.kultboy.com.
  4. 1 2 "Wild Wheels review from Amiga Action 24 (Sep 1991) - Amiga Magazine Rack". amr.abime.net.
  5. 1 2 "Wild Wheels review from Amiga Format 30 (Jan 1992) - Amiga Magazine Rack". amr.abime.net.
  6. 1 2 "Wild Wheels review from Amiga Power 7 (Nov 1991) - Amiga Magazine Rack". amr.abime.net.
  7. "One for ST Games, The - Issue 037 (1991-10)(EMAP Images)(GB)". October 16, 1991 via Internet Archive.
  8. "Wild Wheels review from CU Amiga (Aug 1991) - Amiga Magazine Rack". amr.abime.net.